This is what got me looking at MCE in the first place. I wasn't convinced it was 'home automation' though I knew from the various thread it was a multi-media centraliser. I guess I need to install and experiment a bit and perhaps as you say think about a solution to a problem a bit laterally - I still think some form of scripting engine would be handy as it opens up more possibilities.

Read the Wiki but still confused.See I need to add EXTERNAL_IFACE and INTERNAL_IFACE ; does that mean I edit the /etc/network/interfaces ??Not seen the web admin yet as can't ssh and can't IP into the core from a web browser.

New to LinuxMCE so might be a noob question.Can I interrogate an action via a streamer or media director and have it trigger a z-wave device?For example:

User decides to stream so audio via a slingbox or media director device - when the audio ends I wish to trigger the z-wave socket to turn the amp off (amp connected the streamer obviously ).Is that possible?Can I (presumably via a script) do more advanced things like:

User turns on tvStreamer amp comes and plays get_out_my_house.wavemail and ams is then sent to my phone

Obviously it's the home automation aspect of MCE that I am looking at.Any advice welcome!

Thanks!Perhaps I should lower my expectations! I know it can function as a squeezebox and therefore that is effectively integrated within the ui (orbiter or media).How does camera streaming work on an orbiter? - is it just a web console effectively???

I'm new to all this and am looking for a complete integrated remote/home automation system.For example!Can I display a web address within the UI on say an iPhone? (for example streaming from an ip camera , or perhaps a realtime graph of temperature).I wish to use the raspberry pi for this ; how do I install/run on this platform (noob for sure! )